EU bird protection areas in Lower Saxony (VSG)

Digital overview map of all Lower Saxony EU bird sanctuaries with information on:Name: Area name number: Inland area numberIdent_EU: EU designation of the siteComment: Date of decision of the State GovernmentWRRL_rel: WFD-relevant (water dependency of the area)Data_URL: Link to the full area dataArea: In accordance with Article 4 of the EC Birds Directive (79/409/EEC), the Member States (in the Federal Republic of Germany the federal states) are obliged to declare the most suitable areas for area and number for species listed in Annex I to the Directive (Article 4(1)) and for migratory species (Article 4(2)) as special protected areas (BSG, European Bird Conservation Areas) and to notify the European Commission as part of the ecologically networked nature reserve system Natura 2000. The digital map shows all areas currently designated as EU bird protection areas in Lower Saxony.